1920s Medley – Bakelite Jazz

I hope you enjoy this short clip of 3 songs from the 1920s by Greg Poppleton & Bakelite Jazz at a Great Gatsby themed corporate party with the lights of Sydney twinkling in the background…

The songs are:
1. Button Up Your Overcoat (Henderson/DeSylva/Brown – 1928)
2. Tea For Two (Youmans/Caesar – 1925)
3. More Than you Know (Youmans/Rose/Eliscu – 1929)

I taken clips of the songs where revellers don’t come up to the bandstand

In Greg Poppleton and Bakelite Jazz are, Greg Poppleton (1920s & 30s singer) Al Davey (trumpet & trombone) Peter Locke (piano) Darcy Wright (double bass) Joel Davis (vintage 1927 drum kit and 1924 temple blocks)

Please visit Greg’s official website www.bakelitejazz.com to find out more about our 1920s – 1930s Hot Jazz & Swing or to book the band for your wedding, corporate function and party

1920s & 30s Fun at the Museum of Sydney

Thank you to all the wonderful people who turned up at the Museum of Sydney on Sunday to see the truncated Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Dance Band with Greg singing the songs of the 1920s & 30s (some of them through a megaphone), Grahame Conlon on guitar & Darcy Wright on double bass.

The band’s first set concentrated on some obscure songs from the Great Depression including ‘I’m in the Market for You”, the hillbilly, “I Don’t Want Your Millions, Mister” and a song most people think came from the 50s, “16 Tons”.

The second Bakelite set, which closed the day of festivities at the museum, was music for dancing, and the band and the Swingtime Dancers drew a large and enthusiastic crowd. Oh, and we sold so many copies of our CD, The Phantom Dancer, that there’s now only 32 left. 5 of them are for sale on-line at CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/poppleton. So be quick if you want to grab one because I won’t be reprinting them

Please visit the band’s official website at http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Pip-pip
Greg

PS: Though I took my camera along I couldn’t take a photo of the band or the dancers (no cameras allowed in the museum). So here’s a Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Dance Band pic from the archives…

Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Dance Band at The Basement (l-r) Bob Barnard (tp) Paul Furniss (sax/cl) Joel Davis (d) Greg Poppleton (voc & megaphone) Dieter Vogt (db) Peter Locke (p - out of shot)